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    WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 28: People enjoy the warm weather outside the White House on  April 28, 2024 in Washington, DC. After a week of the high hitting the mid 60s and 70s, the Nation's Capitol is expecting warm, sunny weather through the coming week.
    Letter: Fiscal responsibility shouldn’t come at the expense of the most vulnerable
    Carole Argo, president and CEO of NCIA, says underserved and vulnerable Marylanders should not bear the costs of fiscal responsibility.
    Steven Schupak has been named as the incoming chief executive officer and president of Maryland Public Television.
    Maryland Public Television names new president and CEO
    Schupak, who has been with the network since 2003, will step into his new role on July 1 following the retirement of outgoing MPT CEO Larry D. Unger.
    Meade Village Park in Severn, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Two men were killed and two more wounded after a dispute surrounding a basketball game erupted into gunfire the night before in Severn, Anne Arundel County Police said.
    ‘My heart sank’: Memorials, peace rally planned after deadly shooting at ‘neutral spot’ in Severn
    Memorials and a peace rally this weekend will celebrate the lives of those lost and comfort a mourning community after a deadly double shooting earlier this week in Severn.
    A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
    Homicide, murder-suicide and a fatal hit-and-run: Baltimore’s deadly start to March
    Baltimore Police are investigating four deaths that have occurred in the city since the beginning of March, including a homicide, a murder-suicide, and a fatal hit-and-run.
    Anne Arundel school leaders are being cautious in their approach to President Donald Trump's mandates on education and immigration.
    With $90M on the line, Anne Arundel school leaders take cautious approach to Trump mandates
    Anne Arundel County Public Schools leaders struck a cautious tone this week while speaking about the potential impacts of President Donald Trump’s education and immigration mandates, including threats to federal funding.
    The Baltimore City Fire Department responded to a 4-alarm fire in the 2200 block of North Fulton Avenue on Friday.
    West Baltimore fire contained after ripping through an entire block
    The Baltimore City Fire Department responded to a four-alarm fire at the 2200 block of North Fulton Avenue early Friday morning.
    Tia Hamilton, owner of Urban Reads Bookstore, in her Waverly business.
    The City That Helps: Baltimore rallies around Black bookstore under racist attack
    Local Black bookstore Urban Reads has been habitually racially harassed, but Baltimore showed up for the shop in many ways.
    David Smith, owner of the Baltimore Sun, outside the Atlas Quarter building in Baltimore in December.
    One year in, Baltimore Sun’s new owner faces losses in readership and staff
    Media mogul David Smith shocked the city with the purchase of The Baltimore Sun last year. He promised radical change and exhorted his new staff to “go make me some money.” It’s been a rocky road ever since.
    Dr. Lillian Blackmon Crenshaw.
    Dr. Lillian Blackmon Crenshaw helped improve care for babies born prematurely
    Dr. Lillian Blackmon Crenshaw, who spent 25 years caring for babies at the University of Maryland, died Feb. 25 of Lewy body dementia. She was 87.
    Baltimore police release new details about search for driver involved in February fatal hit-and-run
    The Baltimore Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying the driver of a truck that fatally struck a woman last month in Southeast Baltimore on Pulaski Highway.
    Exterior of a Light Rail train heading to BWI Airport at Camden Station in Baltimore on 8/11/22.
    Travel warning: MTA closing light rail stops for track repairs this weekend
    If you’re planning to use the MTA light rail this weekend, be aware that several stops along the southern portion of the system will be closed for track maintenance on Sunday.
    David Yungmann at the Howard County Council Office in Ellicott City.
    Howard County’s only elected Republican will move on soon
    After seven years in office, David Yungmann said he’s ready to step back from public life and refocus on his real estate career.
    From left, Baltimore residents Jeffrey Barnes, Sarah Broadwater, and Kelly Cross.
    Black Baltimoreans feel more climate anxiety, new survey finds
    Johns Hopkins researchers believe their findings represent the first assessment of how Baltimore-area residents think about climate change.
    Fleur Le Faivre.
    Fleur Le Faivre was a free spirit who wanted better for Baltimore’s unhoused community
    Fleur Le Faivre, a lifelong Baltimorean who spread joy wherever she went, died in early January. She was 51.
    The now removed list of federal buildings to sell or close initially included 83 properties in Maryland.
    These Maryland federal properties made Trump admin’s now-deleted for sale list
    The Trump administration deleted a list of hundreds of federally owned buildings it had deemed “not core to government operations” less then 24 hours after it was published.
    Crews on the scene of a rescue of trapped construction workers on the 500 block of Academy Road in Catonsville on Friday, February 28, 2025.
    State investigating trench collapse in Catonsville that killed 2 construction workers
    State officials are investigating the Catonsville trench collapse that killed two construction workers.
    Two men were killed and two more wounded after a dispute surrounding a basketball game erupted into gunfire Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Severn, Anne Arundel County Police said.
    Police: 2 dead, 2 injured after Severn basketball game erupts in gunfire Tuesday night
    Two men were killed and two more wounded after a dispute surrounding a basketball game erupted into gunfire Tuesday night in Severn, Anne Arundel County Police said.
    Recruiters talks to potential candidates at a hiring fair for veterans and other community members at Morgan State University.
    Maryland veterans face Trump’s federal workforce purge as VA to cut thousands
    The federal government is the nation’s largest employer of veterans. Maryland vets are among those losing jobs — and bracing for potential service cuts.
    A concept design shows eight yellow silhouette signs with people standing below some of them.
    Gigantic signs to highlight history are coming to Catonsville
    A project of the Baltimore County Arts Guild will take stories and silhouettes from residents and transform them into 14-foot-tall signs to help people navigate some of Catonsville’s historic sites.
    Lansdowne High student dies after being ‘targeted’ in shooting near the school
    A Lansdowne High School student died on Tuesday after being “targeted” in a shooting that happened outside a shopping center near the school, police said.
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